NBA announced yesterday that Milwaukee Bucks General Manager Jon Horst will be fined $50,000 for tampering when it comes to his own player, Giannis Antetokounmpo. At a town hall meeting for Bucks fans, Horst implied that the Bucks will be giving Giannis the Supermax next summer. According to league rules, that is a violation of discussing a future contract. The NBA is trying to crack down on tampering this season, and Bucks were the first team where the NBA could puff out of their chests a bit regarding the new rules.

The Milwaukee Bucks have been fined $50,000 by the NBA for violating league rules governing timing of player contract comments, when team spoke publicly about offering Giannis Antetokounmpo the super max.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 24, 2019

Part of me thinks this is only the beginning for the NBA this season when it comes to front office fines. This is something you’ll see all year with teams. Adam Silver and the NBA are sick of the tampering. It is pretty clear by the enhanced rules made this offseason that the league does not want what happened last free agency to ever happen again. Bucks were the first team that received the fine hammer but trust me, they will not be the last time that receives something like this from the league.

Bucks might also not care about this fine. It is good to get that sort of comment out in the open for Giannis to hear and the rest of the league. Jon Horst might go the route of Kenny Wu in Mighty Ducks 2 – “$50,000? Well worth it.” Giannis knows the Bucks want to pay him and as soon as they can, the deal will get done. I’m confident that there will be no Giannis speculation like we’ve seen with other stars.

Charlie.